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Quantum sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking mapping of Earth's underworld
The sensor works by detecting variations in microgravity using the principles of quantum physics, which is based on manipulating nature.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 26, 2022


Can a planet have a mind of its own?
If the collective activity of life—known as the biosphere—can change the world, could the collective activity of cognition also change it?
Joseph Shavit
Feb 18, 2022


New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment
MUSE and HelioSwarm will help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun-Earth connection, and the changing space environment.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 12, 2022


What is the Earth's inner core made of? It's different than scientists thought
Earth's core is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature. It is composed of a liquid outer core and solid inner core.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 10, 2022


Scientists answer a century-old question on the origins of life
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 31, 2022


Researchers discover a new type of earthquake and it's man made
A Canadian-German research team have documented a new type of earthquake in an injection environment in British Columbia, Canada.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 7, 2021


On ancient Earth, it never rained but it poured
Earth may have experienced cycles of dryness followed by massive rain storms hundreds of miles wide that could dump feet of rain per hour.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 4, 2021


How asteroid, comet strikes may have delayed evolution of Earth's atmosphere
2.5 to 4 billion years ago, a time known as the Archean eon, Earth’s weather could often be described as cloudy with a chance of asteroids.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 25, 2021


Did the Earth tip on its side 84 million years ago?
We know that the continents are moving slowly due to plate tectonics, but continental drift only pushes the tectonic plates past each other.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 20, 2021


Earth’s iron core may not be a solid as scientists once thought
3,200 miles beneath Earth’s surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 9, 2021


What lies beneath: Volcanic secrets revealed
Lava samples have revealed a new truth about the geological make-up of the Earth’s crust and could have implications for volcanic eruptions
Joshua Shavit
Sep 19, 2021
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